Weather Records on 24 August 2000

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2000. Highest significance: Mexico, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 2000

On 24 August 2000, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
446 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 798 daily.
Mexico set a daily record precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 24 August 2000.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

830 stations

830 station records on 24 August 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moberly	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hemsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
South Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Janov Stan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Yaee	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maradi	Niger	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Horda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Killiecrankie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nis	Serbia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brookfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coyotepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Island	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palizada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	Syria	Record low minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 230, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 216, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 24 August 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	230
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	216
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 2000 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 30, daily 798.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

601 broken records

Margins by which the 601 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2000

Top 20 records on 24 August 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2000	Mexico, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2000	Deal Island, AU	monthly rain	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2000	Wingaroo, AU	monthly rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2000	Begumpet Obsy, IN	all-time rain	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Moberly, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Paris 5 S, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	San Pedro del Gallo (Smn), MX	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Flinders Island Airport, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Melrose, AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Fulton, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Coshocton Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Blinman, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Hemsjo, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	South Lake, US	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	El Carmen (Smn), MX	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Janov Stan, RU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Albion, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2000	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	105 years	47 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1802 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2000. 2000 had 830 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1817	2
1818	1
1824	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1853	1
1855	2
1859	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	5
1897	1
1898	5
1899	7
1900	9
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	8
1905	10
1906	22
1907	20
1908	18
1909	36
1910	22
1911	41
1912	37
1913	17
1914	24
1915	182
1916	33
1917	51
1918	79
1919	66
1920	568
1921	52
1922	98
1923	167
1924	153
1925	177
1926	133
1927	338
1928	288
1929	250
1930	240
1931	312
1932	218
1933	305
1934	617
1935	305
1936	937
1937	390
1938	483
1939	271
1940	706
1941	263
1942	549
1943	496
1944	556
1945	404
1946	425
1947	821
1948	794
1949	260
1950	378
1951	459
1952	528
1953	479
1954	631
1955	426
1956	364
1957	686
1958	547
1959	555
1960	549
1961	502
1962	413
1963	505
1964	670
1965	461
1966	707
1967	536
1968	1,039
1969	734
1970	622
1971	586
1972	587
1973	572
1974	481
1975	722
1976	493
1977	842
1978	588
1979	475
1980	669
1981	579
1982	932
1983	915
1984	600
1985	892
1986	726
1987	1,213
1988	1,093
1989	944
1990	654
1991	599
1992	1,724
1993	987
1994	618
1995	1,111
1996	1,275
1997	1,872
1998	1,113
1999	905
2000	830
2001	872
2002	1,114
2003	1,848
2004	979
2005	718
2006	859
2007	1,530
2008	954
2009	1,085
2010	1,278
2011	1,479
2012	647
2013	395
2014	832
2015	886
2016	906
2017	398
2018	442
2019	416
2020	1,055
2021	788
2022	795
2023	1,437
2024	1,338
2025	1,084
2026	618

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Data for records on 2000-08-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	568
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2